Ideas for Doing PD Learning from Home

This article from a veteran teacher offers tips for educators looking for high-quality professional development they can complete from home. The author provides ideas for making the most of the materials available on the web as well as professional reading. They also suggest several places teachers can take courses online to get graduate credits without… Read More ›

Meaningful Summer PD at Home

Ideas for creating your own professional development opportunities from home, including podcasts and the Google Certified educator program.

This article discusses ways for teachers to gain valuable professional development from home. The author suggests 4 activities and provides details to get started. Ideas include exploring podcasts, getting certified to use a particular product through the free Google Certified educator program, or making your own conference from free content provided by many organizations whose… Read More ›

Building Racial Justice and Equity

Bringing together many of ASCD's resources on building racial equity in education in one place, ASCD has made these tools available for free.

This webpage brings together many of ASCD‘s resources on building racial equity in education in one place. These include issues of ASCDExpress, Educational Leadership, and webinars. ASCD has made all these articles and tools available for free without a membership. There are many relevant resources here for teachers and education leaders of any grade level.… Read More ›

6 Ways District Leaders Can Build Racial Equity

Education Week staff asked six district leaders to share specific practices and processes they use in their school systems to promote equity.

In this article, Education Week staff asked six district leaders to share specific practices and processes they use in their school systems to promote equity. Suggestions ranged from getting community involvement to rethinking resources and staffing. All the suggestions require deep reflection on district and school practices and assumptions. This article offers advice for district… Read More ›

Students Are Demanding Anti-Racist Curriculum and Instruction

Students across the country are demanding their districts embrace more culturally diverse and explicitly anti-racist curriculum.

This article from Education Week’s Teacher blog discusses the important involvement of youth in recent social-justice demonstrations, petitions and demands. The article outlines the demands made by students in several different parts of the country for their respective school districts to embrace, including demands such as more culturally diverse and explicitly antiracist curriculum. Educators will… Read More ›

Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships

This tool is an update of the groundbreaking framework for family-school partnerships, designed in 2014 by researcher and family engagement expert Karen Mapp, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education and the Southwest Educational Development Lab. The revisions were made after several years of research which point to the pivotal role of trust in… Read More ›

Transitioning and Sustaining Competency-Based Education During School Closures

This article looks at the remote learning experience of South Bronx Community Charter High School (SBC), a school launched in 2016 with a strong competency education approach. A mastery-based approach positioned them to make a smoother transition to remote learning. The article discusses several strategies they continued to rely on strong relationships with advisors and… Read More ›

Providence Students Use Data to Participate in System Change

Beyoncé and many others have said, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” This is particularly true during the myriad crises presented by our current pandemic. But even before COVID-19, way back in the summer of 2019, it was all lemons for educators in Providence, RI. A blistering report from the Johns Hopkins Institute told… Read More ›

Teaching, Technology, and Teacher Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Stories from the Field

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted education, forcing teachers and teacher educators into emergency, remote instruction. While there were noted challenges, there also were global success stories of innovation in preparing current and future teachers. This eBook published by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) and the Society for Information Technology and… Read More ›

The Blended Learning Models that Can Help Schools Reopen

This article explores two approaches to blended learning that could be used in schools, providing a mix of in-person and remote learning. In particular, the article discusses flipped learning in which students watch videos of content at home and use class time for more involved work. This enriched virtual model has students completing most of… Read More ›

Why There’s A Push To Get Police Out Of Schools

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This article and accompanying podcast from MindShift explores the rationale for decreasing police in schools. This has long been a goal of the black lives matter. This article explains the call for decreasing police presence in schools. It suggests several student-centered alternatives to increase student safety including restorative justice programs, positive behavioral interventions and supports… Read More ›